$1,600 Main Event 197 [$2,000,000 GTD] Day 1a | 2022 MSPT Venetian

06-06-2022 21:31 UTC-7

Wazwaz Rides With Cowboys

Liam Gannon

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Rob Wazwaz raised to 6,000 in the cutoff and from the button, David Towson raised to 21,000, folding all action behind. Wazwaz re-raised to 87,000 and Towson responded by moving all-in for 151,000 effective. Wazwaz shrugged and said "if you have aces you got me," before putting the chips into the middle.

David Towson:
Rob Wazwaz:

The board ran out which gave no assistance towards Towson and Wazwaz scooped the biggest pot of the tournament so far.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rob Wazwaz	385,000

David Towson	Busted

Tags: David Towson Rob Wazwaz

06-06-2022 21:10 UTC-7

Hutter Eliminated By Yates

Liam Gannon

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante

Tyler Yates raised to 6,000 from late position and was looked up by one player in the button. In the small blind, Barry Hutter moved all-in for 26,000, folding out the big blind, and Yates moved all-in for 58,000 effective and the button folded.

Barry Hutter:
Tyler Yates:

The board ran out , bringing no help to Hutter and the MSPT Venetian 2021 5th place finisher exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Tyler Yates	96,000 96,000	96,000
Barry Hutter	Busted

Tags: Barry Hutter Tyler yates

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/3,000

Ante: 3,000

06-06-2022 20:41 UTC-7

Break

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

The players have gone on their final 15-minute break of the night. The 500 chips will be colored up on this break as well.

06-06-2022 20:38 UTC-7

Ruiz Goes From Chop To Win

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Action was picked up with cards on their back with Angel Ruiz having another player at risk for his remaining 65,000.

Opponent:
Angel Ruiz:

His opponent motioned the towards the board to suggest he would flop a flush draw, but the board of gave Ruiz a made flush instead, leaving his opponent drawing dead, and Ruiz scooped the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Angel Ruiz	154,000 119,500	119,500

Tags: Angel Ruiz

06-06-2022 20:23 UTC-7

Chip Leaders In The Room

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Ian Matakis	314,000 145,000	145,000

Mohammad Mufti	301,000 172,000	172,000
Pierce Mckellar	290,000 290,000	290,000
Shant Karamian	225,000 205,500	205,500
Cristina Ilie	212,000 38,000	38,000
David Towson	183,000

06-06-2022 20:15 UTC-7

Alsup Fires Twice

Liam Gannon

Level 12 : 1,500/2,500, 2,500 ante

Rich Alsup raised to 5,500 under the-gun and only the player in the big blind called.

The flop rolled off and the big blind check-called a bet of 5,500 from Alsup.

On the turn a hit and once more the big blind checked to Alsup who bet 13,000 and his opponent folded, giving Alsup the pot.

At other tables, Vojtech Ruzicka and Jerry Yang were eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rich Alsup	96,000 -29,000	-29,000
Jerry Yang	Busted

Vojtech Ruzicka	Busted

Tags: Jerry Yang Rich Alsup Vojtech Ruzicka

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,500/2,500

Ante: 2,500

06-06-2022 20:02 UTC-7

Jozoff Hooks A Pot

Liam Gannon

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Michael Jozoff raised to 4,000 under the-gun and was looked up by the button and the big blind.

The flop came out and action checked to Jozoff who continued for 5,000, which the button responded too by raising to 12,000. The big blind folded and Jozoff re-raised to 25,000 which his opponent called.

The was checked through to the that saw Jozoff size down to 20,000 and the button called. Jozoff turned over for jacks-up which was good for the pot as his opponent mucked.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Jozoff	131,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Michael Jozoff

06-06-2022 19:46 UTC-7

Moreno Gets Some Back

Liam Gannon

Level 11 : 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Action was picked up on a turn between Andrew Moreno in the big blind and an opponent in the cutoff with 21,500 in the pot.

With action on Moreno and a board reading , Moreno bet 11,500 and was promptly called.

The river rolled off the and Moreno counted his stack of roughly 70,000 before moving all-in and eliciting a snap-fold from his opponent and on the heels of losing a massive pot, manage to get back over 100,000 chips.

At another table, Michael Liang was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Andrew Moreno	124,500 -83,500	-83,500
Michael Liang	Busted

Tags: Andrew Moreno